Organized Village of Kake et al. v. Egan, Governor of Alaska

Decided March 5, 1962. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 3 · 369 U.S. 60 (1962) · Cited 328 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Tulee v. Washington · 315 U.S. 681 (1942)
• Draper v. United States · 164 U.S. 240 (1896)
• United States v. McBratney · 104 U.S. 621 (1882)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros. · 303 U.S. 177 (1938)
• Ex Parte Crow Dog · 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• Boston Sand and Gravel Co. v. United States · 278 U.S. 41 (1928)
• The Kansas Indians · 72 U.S. 737 (1867)
• Thomas v. Gay · 169 U.S. 264 (1898)
• Maurer v. Hamilton · 309 U.S. 598 (1940)
• Hynes, Regional Director, Fish & Wildlife Service v. Grimes Packing Co. · 337 U.S. 86 (1949)
• Ward v. Race Horse · 163 U.S. 504 (1896)
• New York Ex Rel. Ray v. Martin · 326 U.S. 496 (1946)
• United States v. Quiver · 241 U.S. 602 (1916)

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• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. · 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Montana v. United States · 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana · 424 U.S. 382 (1976)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission · 380 U.S. 685 (1965)
• Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)

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